The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe

The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe

by Brian W Ogilvie (Author)

Synopsis

Drawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, this book reconstructs the evolution of this discipline of description through four generations of naturalists.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 402
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 11 Apr 2008

ISBN 10: 0226620883
ISBN 13: 9780226620886